Layout-designs of Integrated
Circuits
[No. 6 of 2016 311
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the protection granted to
a layout-design shall cease after fifteen years from the date of
application for registration of the layout-design.
25. (1) Where the registration of a layout-design has lapsed
owing to non-payment of the prescribed renewal fee within the
prescribed period or the extended period, in accordance with
subsection (2) of section twenty-four, the qualified owner may, in
the prescribed manner and form and on payment of the prescribed
fee, apply to the Registrar, within six months from the extended
period, for the restoration of the registration of the layout-design.
Restoration
of lapsed
registration
(2) If the Registrar is satisfied that the omission to pay the
prescribed renewal fee was unintentional and that no undue delay
has occurred in the making of the application, the Registrar shall
advertise the application in the prescribed manner, and any person
wishing to object to the registration shall do so within a prescribed
period, manner and form.
(3) The Registrar shall, where there is no objection to the
restoration of the lapsed registration, subject to the payment of
such fee that remains to be paid, restore the registration of the
layout-design and issue a certificate of payment of renewal fee to
the qualified owner.
(4) The Registrar shall, where there is an objection to the
restoration of the lapsed registration, after investigating the matter
and hearing the applicant and the objector, restore the registration
and issue a certificate of payment of renewal fee to the qualified
owner or dismiss the application for restoration of the lapsed
registration of the layout-design.
26. Subject to this Act, the Registrar shall, upon request of
any person and on payment of a prescribed fee, furnish copies of
any document lodged in the register or particulars from the register.
Registrar to
furnish
information
from register
27. The Registrar may, upon request of any person and on
payment of a prescribed fee, issue a certificate of status of a
registered layout-design which shall be conclusive evidence of the
registered layout-design as of the date and time of the issuance of
the certificate of status.
Certificate of
status
28. Where the Registrar is satisfied that a certificate of
registration issued in accordance with section twenty has been lost
or destroyed, the Registrar may, on payment of a prescribed fee,
cause a duplicate of the certificate of registration to be sealed and
issued to the qualified owner.
Loss or
destruction
of certificate